On 24th of October 2019, the election of representatives of Polish Student Association took place at TNMU. Polish students were voting for the candidates for the following positions: the president of Polish Students’ Association (Faculty of Medicine), Vice-president, as well as the president of the Faculty of Dentistry. At the beginning, the president of Polish association from the last term of office – Hubert Mikosza summarized the last year of association activity at TNMU, congratulated students, who were the most involved in the life of Continue reading →

For the fourth time, active students of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University organized a large-scale quest  in which everyone could participate.    The event was organized by 5th year students of Medical Faculty: Yuliia Bandrivska, Taisiia Bilonozhko, Tereza Shvets. Each time, more than 150 people are eager to participate in the quest. A record number of applications (53 teams) have been submitted this year. Among them, the organizers selected only 20 teams: “Ukrzaliznytsia”, “T-killers”, “Why not”, “Ants”, “Turbo”, “Cactusikи”, “Kisel”, “Bees of the 90s”, Continue reading →

On November 21, 2019, the Department of Practical Training of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University thosted a competitive admission of the 4th – 5th year students of the Faculty of Dentistry to winter clinical training program at Wroclaw Medical University. 7 students of the Faculty of Dentistry, including Natalia Borodenko, Tetiana Derhak, Nadiia Kysil, Solomiia Kravchuk, Halyna Kruhlytska, Yaryna Tylchak and Olha Tkachuk took part in the competition. The competition committee included Vice-Rector for Science and Education, Prof. A. H. Shulhai, Head of the Continue reading →

On November 15-16, 2019, Associate Professor of TNMU Department of Pharmacognosy and Medical Botany, Maria Shanaida visited Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Kaunas, Lithuania), where the 10th International Pharmaceutical Conference “Science and Practice” was held. M. Shanaida made an oral presentation on “Application of HPTLC fingerprints method for evaluation of polyphenols and terpenoids in some Lamiaceae species”. In the conference hall during the official opening ceremony of the conference. Associate Professor Maria Shanaida delivering an oral presentation at the section meeting. More than 120 participants from Continue reading →

On November 4-8, 2019, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Department of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University Mariana Sokol participated in a professional internship program within the framework of Erasmus + Staff Week and in an international conference “Inclusive Internationalization” (Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia) , during which plenary sessions, skype symposia, workshops, discussion clubs on topical issues of internationalization of higher education were held. On the first day of the work, a plenary meeting was held with the participation of the first Vice-Rector of Continue reading →

On November 15-17, 2019 in Lodz (Poland), the XIII International Conference on Emergency Medicine and Critical Care “KOPERNIK – 2019” was attended by Professor M. I. Shved M.I., Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Care and Associate Professor of this department R. M. Liakhovych, who delivered a report. This year, this scientific event gathered over 800 students. Apart from the Ukrainian delegation, it was attended by scientists from the USA, UK, France, Canada, Hungary, Lithuania, Australia, Germany and Poland. On the first day, in Continue reading →

On November 6-8, 2019, Madrid (Spain) hosted the Fourth International Primary Immunodeficiencies Congress “Diagnosis and Clinical Support”. More than 1000 scientists from all over the world participated in the Congress. At this scientific forum, TNMU was represented by the Head of the Department of Children’s Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, Professor Oksana Boiarchuk, Associate Professor Tetiana Hariian, and Assistant Emiliia Burbela. World-famous experts in the field of primary immunodeficiencies participated in the Congress: Prof. Alain Fischer (France), Prof. Steve Holland (USA), Prof. Bobby Gaspar (UK), Prof. Continue reading →

The International Relations Office of TNMU is delighted to announce that the Call for Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility [KA107] at University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) is opennow. Erasmus+ scholarship covers travel costs for the round trip and maintenance support for the entire period of stay. Application deadline: December 15, 2019. Available scholarships according to the Inter-Institutional Agreement signed: 1) 1 scholarship for PhD students (3rd study cycle) from TNMU (specialty code: 091 Health Sciences; duration of studies: 5 months); 2) 2 scholarships for teaching staff (specialty Continue reading →

In October 2019,  I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University became a member of RECOOP HST Association (The Association for Regional Cooperation in the fields of Health, Science and Technology). The RECOOP HST was established in 2006 by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC, Los Angeles, USA), together with eleven institutes and universities from six Central and Eastern European countries (CEE). In 2012, a consortium-based CSMC created the Regional Health, Science and Technology Cooperation (RECOOP HST Association), which is legally registered in Hungary (Debrecen, registration number 4160 of Continue reading →

Students of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University take an Elective Course in Molecular Biology and Genetics. Today, biomolecular research is of great importance in understanding the origin and mechanism of development of diseases and the methods of their treatment. Modern physicians should be aware of these principles, be proficient in the latest research and their results. In addition, many questions in the International Foundations of Medicine (IFOM) exam are related to molecular biology. With regard to medical genetics, there is now a strong understanding Continue reading →

World Prematurity Day was established in 2009 on the initiative of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI). It was in Vienna that the first celebration of the World Prematurity Day was held in St. Michael’s Square. University Clinic Professors Angelika Berger and Arnold Pollak launched 500 white balloons into the sky – a sign of the number of premature babies born each year. Since then, for ten years World Prematurity Day has been celebrated in European countries. World Prematurity Day in Continue reading →

On November 17, 2019, another part of the project “Bronze Ternopil” was opened on the territory of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University near the Morphological Building. Now, citizens and visitors of Ternopil will be able to get acquainted with the appearance of the market square and the synagogue, which were destroyed in 1944 during the battle for Ternopil. “Thanks to this project, we recreate the history of our city,” said Deputy Mayor Leonid Bytsiura. “It is a story that is completely unexplored, a story Continue reading →

On November 13, 2019, Romanna Pavliuk, a sixth-year medical student of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, became a junior mayor of Ternopil. Last academic year, Romanna successfully chaired the TNMU Student Parliament. “As an advisor to the mayor on youth policy, my primary responsibility is to analyze the problems and advocate the interests of the youth in the city council and executive structures. I plan to make the city more inclusive, so I am very glad that this year for the first time a representative of the Continue reading →

  On November 17, 2019, TNMU Rector, Professor Mykhaylo Korda met with the newly elected Student Parliament at the conference hall of Ternopil National Medical University. A number of issues were discussed during the meeting. Representatives of the Student Parliament were interested in the possibility of establishing an ultrasound simulator for mastering practical skills, reducing the number test questions for the 3rd year foreign students, organizing a chess club, creating one more gym for students, arranging a rest room in Hostel №2.They also discussed the Continue reading →

On November 7, 2019, “Rector’s Cup” chess tournament was held in the administrative building of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. 24 TNMU students participated in the tournament The competition was organized according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds. Each player was given 5 minutes per game (one game lasted 10 minutes). The “Rector’s Cup” tournament was organized by students of the Faculty of Dentistry Mykhailo Yakymchuk and the Faculty of Medicine Mariia Smieshkova. Besides the main 24 participants of the tournament, there were Continue reading →

From October 14 to November 1, 2019, Director of the Academic and Research Institute of Nursing, Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Immunology, Allergology and General Patient Care Svitlana Yastremska and Deputy Director of the Academic and Research Institute of Nursing, Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Immunology, Allergology and General Patient Care Liudmyla Mazur completed their internship program at MacEwan University, Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) The internship was part of a collaboration agreement between MacEwan University (Canada) and Ternopil National Medical University and Continue reading →

On the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, a charitable event was held at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. Students of all faculties participated in the fundraising. Almost every student willingly took part in the initiative of our volunteers. By joint efforts students managed to raise 10 thousand hryvnias.   For the money raised students have purchased a freezer and blender. All purchases were previously agreed upon with the Director of Petrykiv Regional Geriatric Boarding House Stepan Hlushko.   Ten volunteers (Oksana Pobihushka Continue reading →

Another practical workshop for future physicians was held on November 9, 2019 at I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. it was organized by Help Motherland International. The main goal of this association is to help international students to become qualified health care providers. Help Motherland International’s mission is to create a global network of people united for the purpose of bringing positive changes and development to their home countries; implementing programs and projects to foster personal and community development; providing members of the organization with all Continue reading →